Knowledge About Antique Furniture
1. Sources of antique furniture
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2. Djahanguir Riahi of antique furniture
Djahanguir Riahi (22 September 1914 28 April 2014) was a French-Iranian businessman and a renowned collector of 18th century French furniture. Riahl has been declared one of the greatest art collectors since 1945.
Riahi started out as an engineer and road-builder, eventually acquiring an apartment in France. He started collecting in the 1970s, in order to furnish the apartment in the grandest possible tradition. Riahi swiftly achieved notoriety among French dealers due to regularly outbidding them on the finest pieces at auction.
Among the master craftsmen represented in the collection were Andr Charles Boulle, the bnistes Bernard II van Risamburgh and Martin Carlin; and carpets and tapestry from the Savonnerie and Gobelins manufactories. Some of his individual pieces included wall brackets from Marie Antoinette's bedroom and a cabinet made for the Comtesse de Provence. 59 pieces from the collection, including pieces with royal provenances, were purchased in 2000 by Christie's and estimated to raise 25 million dollars when auctioned off.
In 2012 Christie's held a second auction dedicated to former Riahl collection pieces.
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3. Clark Mansion (Winchester, Kentucky) of antique furniture
Clark Mansion also known as Holly Rood or the Gov.
James A. Clark Mansion, is one of the most historic homes in Clark County, Kentucky. Construction began in 1813 for James Clark who was 13th governor of Kentucky and was finished in 1814.
It was built specifically for James and his wife, who named it after her father. Clark Mansion is historically significant for its Federal architecture. It is a single building on less than 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land.
It is a two-story brick painted red house with a wide front porch and Ionic columns. It also has a wide entrance and the 2nd story has a Palladian window. Clark Mansion sits away from the road and has a huge front yard.
It is located close to Hannah McClure Elementary, Library and College Park. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. As it is owned by the local government, people can tour the house and view its antique furniture.
It is often used for formal events including weddings. Clark was buried in a private burial ground in the old Clark home at Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. A Monument was built in the place where he was buried.
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4. Carlton House desk of antique furniture
A Carlton House desk is a specific antique desk form within the more general bureau gradin form. This form of desk is supposed to have been designed in the 18th century for the Prince of Wales (who later became George IV) by George Hepplewhite.
It is named after Carlton House, which was at the time the London residence of the Prince, and sometimes is also known as a Carlton House writing table. The desk resembles a normal writing table, but small drawers above the surface form a "U" shape around the user, instead of merely facing the user as in a typical bureau gradin. Unlike other types of bureau gradin, the Carlton House desk usually offers no pigeonholes.
There are usually small slopes over each of the desktop drawers at the left and right ends of the "U" shape. Drawings of this type of desk were presented by Hepplewhite in his noted design book, the Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, and by Thomas Sheraton in his own book of designs, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, thus ensuring its popularity.
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5.
Museums of antique furniture
FPMs first museum project began in 1997 with the setting of the Theatre Museum. Initially the Foundation organised four exhibitions on Maltese heritage with the names of Antique Maltese Clocks, The Sedan Chair in Malta, Girolamo Gianni in Malta and The Silver in Malta. These exhibitions were the precursor to a larger and more permanent museum project, namely the restoration and transformation of the Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum.
This project was carried out through an agreement with The Captain O F Gollcher OBE Art an Archaeological Foundation, whereby FPM was to manage the museum and transform it into a state of the art historic house museum. Palazzo Falson Historic House MuseumPalazzo Falson is the second oldest structure still standing in Mdina, parts of which date back to the 13th century. In 1927 the Palazzo was bought by Olof Frederick Gollcher OBE (18891962), a collector of objets dart including paintings, silver, furniture, jewellery, oriental rugs and arms and armour, among others.
Gollcher wanted his house to be preserved with its contents as a museum open to the general public, and in his will left instructions for the setting up of a foundation bearing his name that was to carry out this wish. Following a five-year intensive restoration exercise, Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum opened its doors to the public in May 2007. Palazzo Falson currently hosts both a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, exhibiting artefacts and objects of relevance to Maltese cultural heritage from public and private collections.
Victor Pasmore GalleryIn September 2015, FPM took over the management of the Victor Pasmore Gallery with the aim of bringing to light the importance of Victor Pasmore and the Maltese modern art movement. Born in Chelsham, Surrey, Victor Pasmore (19081998) settled and worked in Malta in the second half of the twentieth century. The collection at the VP Gallery covers a wide range of Pasmores creations and preferred media, including drawings, reliefs and spray paintings, constructions, prints and composite works.
Though not all produced in Malta, the works on display are largely representative of Pasmores artistic practice following the move to his village farmhouse in Gudja in 1966, and also exhibit a greater sensitivity and interest in light, colour and myth. The gallery is situated on the site of a former gunpowder magazine, originally dating back to the period of the Order of St John, and was later rebuilt during the British period. The magazine was restored by the Central Bank of Malta and The Victor Pasmore Foundation, and was officially opened to the public on 3 November 2014.
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6. Chteau de la Mogre of antique furniture
The Chteau de la Mogre is a mansion near the city of Montpellier in the French region of Occitanie. It is one of many folies (country houses) on the outskirts of Montpellier, built by wealthy merchants in the 18th century.
In 1706, the grounds of la Mogre were purchased by Fulcran Limouzin, the local Secrtaire d'tat la Maison du Roi (one of the types of Secretary of State in France's Ancien Rgime). In 1715, architect Jean Giral drew the plan for La Mogre, giving it the appearance it still has today. Its harmonious faade is topped off by a pediment, standing against a background of pine trees, all in Renaissance-style.
The grounds and interior, currently owned by the Viscount Gaston de Saporta, are open for visits. The interior has been kept intact since the 18th century, displaying antique furniture and family portraits from the last three centuries. Amongst the painters represented here are Jean Jouvenet, Hyacinthe Rigaud and Jacques-Louis David.
The garden is a mixture of English garden and formal garden style and houses a large fountain built up out of thousands of little seashells and carrying a number of cherubs. La Mogre nowadays lies right next to the Autoroute A9 and in close proximity to the Montpellier - Mditerrane Airport and Montpellier-Sud de France station. The last stop of the Montpellier tramway line 1 (Odysseum) is a 10-minute walk away.
The Chteau de Flaugergues is also nearby.
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7. Collections of antique furniture
Fine artsThe museum housed the major part of the national collection of Malta.
The collection began in 1923 when the first fine arts curator, Vincenzo Bonello, embarked on establishing a collection within what was then called the National Museum. Bonello acquired numerous works of excellent quality on the local art market, and in London and Italy. Most were purchased at a time when prices in the art market where still within reach of the museum's modest budget.
Public spirited individuals and organizations also left significant bequests. The permanent display included the largest collection of paintings by the Southern Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti (16131699), an Italian Knight of the Order of Malta who also contributed to the transformation of the interior of St. Johns Co-Cathedral in Valletta.
This, together with a fine and rare collection of antique maps, represented one of the strengths of the collection. The works of other artists on display included Guido Reni (15751642), the Caravaggisti Valentin de Boulogne (15911632), Giuseppe Ribera (15911662) and Matthias Stom (16001652), as well as Carlo Maratta (16251713) and Bernardo Strozzi (15811644). Works by Dutch, French and British artists were also on permanent display.
The collection also included the works of two outstanding Maltese sculptors, Melchiorre Gaf (16361667) and Antonio Sciortino (18791947), and a noteworthy group of Maltese landscapes. The Grand Harbour of Malta and its environs is the subject of a Joseph Mallord William Turner (17751851) watercolour. Other works by Edward Lear (18121888), Louis Ducros (17481810) and local artists representing the same subject were also on display.
Furniture and silverwareThe museum exhibited a collection of Maltese furniture and silverware, as well as majolica jars mainly of Sicilian production. Many of the jars were in use at the Sacra Infermeria, the Hospital of the Order of St John. Ecclesiastical silverware was also on display, including a rare fifteenth century chalice of Parisian workmanship.
Temporary exhibitionsThe museum had a very active calendar of temporary exhibitions mainly by Maltese artists. Museum curated exhibitions have included the following: Postage Stamp Artwork: Emvin Cremona (19191987) Shaping a Modern Identity in Maltas Philatelic Heritage (SeptemberOctober 2010) showed original stamp artwork and graphic designs produced by Emvin Cremona, most of which were put on display for the first time. Pictures of the Floating World Ukiyo-e Prints from the National Collection (December 2009) exhibited original Japanese Ukiyo-e from the national collection.
Victor Pasmore in Malta (December 2008 January 2009) exhibited abstract works by the international British artist Victor Pasmore from the museum collection and the Central Bank of Malta collection. The Maria Pasani Bequest (January March 2008) exhibited eleven paintings by the Maltese artist Lazzaro Pisani donated by his daughter, Maria Pasani.
